Mixtures of annual legumes and small-grained cereals for forage production under low rainfall

Droushiotis, D. N.

doi:10.1017/s0021859600086834

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“…Ross et al (2004) concluded that the addition of berseem clover to oat, reduced the neutral detergent fiber (NDF) concentration by an average of 30 g kg -1 DM, indicating potential for increasing forage intake. Droushiotis (1998) reported that intercropping improved forage quality in terms of crude protein and ash content in the oat-vetch and triticale-pea intercropping. However, suitable intercropping of oat and triticale for forage production has been discussed.…”

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Intercropping of Cereals and Legumes for Forage Production

Eskandari¹,

Gholami

Javanmard

2009

Not Sci Biol

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Cereals are high important in feeding ruminant animals for their high dry matter production and low cost. However, cereals forage is poor in protein content which shows their low quality and nutritive value. Regarding to high feed costs of protein supplementations, legumes can be used in livestock nutrition for their high protein content and, thus, providing cost saving. Since legumes have low dry matter yield, acceptable forage yield and quality can obtained from intercropping of cereals and legumes compared with their sole crops. In this paper, forage quality indicators and different factors affecting forage quality are discussed. Forage production and quality of different cereals-legumes intercropping are also reviewed, where; different legumes had different effect on forage quality when intercropped with specific cereal. Regarding to forage quality and quantity, different cereals also led to different production of forage. A number of factors which must be noticified in selecting cereal-legume intercropping compositions, especially for forage production, were considered.

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Section: Other Intercrop Compositionsmentioning

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Intercropping of Cereals and Legumes for Forage Production

Eskandari¹,

Gholami

Javanmard

2009

Not Sci Biol

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“…Data on voluntary intake and digestibility of vetch hays are scarce, and most upto-date work has been focused on fresh forages, either of common vetch [2,10,22] or of hairy vetch [13,15]. Otherwise, late data compiled on the quality of Mediterranean forage resources, do not report animal response of vetch hays [1].…”

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Effects of maturity on nutritive value of field-cured hays from common vetch and hairy vetch

Ayed¹,

Gonzàlez²,

Caballero³

et al. 2001

Anim. Res.

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-Hay samples from common vetch and hairy vetch were collected at three maturity stages (bloom and two stages during pod-filling) with the aims of assessing the optimum harvesting stage and comparing the nutritive value of the two species. As maturation progressed, the hay content in cell wall increased and that of CP decreased. The two species showed different patterns in line with the maturing process, regarding digestibility of nutrients and effective degradability of DM and CP. Common vetch hay showed a progressive decrease of digestibility and degradability values in line with the maturing process of vegetative structures. Hairy vetch hay, however, showed a compensatory effect produced by an increasing grain proportion at later maturity stages. The nutritive value at flowering was higher for common vetch hay than for hairy vetch hay, but the opposite was observed at the stage of mature legumes. Voluntary DM intake was not affected by the species or harvest stages. Degradation studies, carried out by the nylon bag technique, showed that in these hays CP was extensively rumen degraded. Consequently, their digestible bypass protein should be low. common vetch hay / hairy vetch hay / digestibility / maturity / rumen degradability Résumé -Effets du stade de maturité sur la valeur nutritive des foins de vesce commune et de vesce velue. Une étude comparative sur la qualité des foins de vesce commune et de vesce velue, recoltés à trois stades de végétation (floraison et deux stades pendant la formation des gousses) a été conduite avec le but d'établir le stade optimal de coupe et de comparer la valeur nutritive des deux espèces. Au cours de la maturation des légumes, la teneur en parois cellulaires des foins a augmenté et celle des MAT a diminué pour les deux espèces, mais les évolutions de la digestibilité des diffé-rents constituants et de la dégradabilité de la MS et des MAT ont été différentes. La digestibilité et la dégradabilité du foin de vesce commune ont diminué progressivement avec la maturation des M. Haj Ayed et al. 32

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“…It can increase forage yield, improve forage quality, and change the seasonal distribution of forage (Droushiotis 1989, Carr et al 1995, Jensen 1996. Mixtures have different microenvironments compared to pure stands.…”

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Effect of legume-cereal mixtures on the diversity of bacterial communities in the rhizosphere

Qiao¹,

Li²,

Wang³

et al. 2012

PLANT SOIL ENVIRON

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Aboveground plant diversity is known to influence belowground diversity and ecosystem processes. However, there is little knowledge of soil microbial succession in legume-grass mixtures. Therefore, this study was designed to determine the effect of oat and common vetch binary mixtures at three seeding rates on soil bacterial communities. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of 16S rDNA fragments was used to profile the structure of the bacterial community in the rhizosphere. Compared with a monoculture of common vetch and oat, the ShannonWeaver index and species richness of the mixtures were increased. Thirteen cloned monocultures and mixtures of oat and common vetch soil 16S rDNA sequences were deposited to NCBI. Based on the sequencing results, the bands could be identified as related to Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Cyanobacteria. Common vetch did not have some bacteria relatives to Sphingomonas spp. Some bacterial taxa could be detected in the ratio of 1:1 and 1:2, but not in the ratio of 1:3, e.g. Myxococcales. The results suggested that the belowground diversity could be promoted by mixed cropping systems.

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Mixtures of annual legumes and small-grained cereals for forage production under low rainfall

Cited by 61 publications

References 13 publications

Intercropping of Cereals and Legumes for Forage Production

Intercropping of Cereals and Legumes for Forage Production

Effects of maturity on nutritive value of field-cured hays from common vetch and hairy vetch

Effect of legume-cereal mixtures on the diversity of bacterial communities in the rhizosphere

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